
Liris
2021
Liris presents a softly rendered, stylised face executed entirely in spraypaint on canvas, a medium Roby Dwi Antono handles with uncommon delicacy. The diffuse, airborne quality of the spray lends the composition a dreamlike softness, dissolving hard edges and drawing the viewer into a mood that hovers between innocence and enigma. At 59.9 × 49.8 cm, the work is intimate in scale yet commanding in presence, the face occupying the picture plane with a quiet, almost ceremonial gravity that rewards close attention. Antono has built a distinctive visual language that synthesises the wit of Pop Surrealism with echoes of Classical Renaissance portraiture, arriving at something that feels simultaneously ancient and urgently contemporary. His figures, typically wide-eyed and otherworldly, carry an interior life that resists easy interpretation, inviting collectors to project meaning while the artist controls the emotional register with precision. Liris exemplifies this balance, offering a subject whose stillness feels charged rather than passive, as though caught in a moment of private revelation. Born in Indonesia, Antono has drawn comparisons to figures such as Mark Ryden and Yoshitomo Nara, yet his sensibility is distinctly his own, shaped by a broad range of cultural touchstones spanning mythology, surrealist tradition, and contemporary iconography. His signed works on canvas are increasingly sought by collectors drawn to painting that operates at the intersection of technical refinement and conceptual depth, and Liris stands as a strong example of the qualities that have established his growing international reputation.
- Medium
- Spraypaint on canvas
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Beinart Gallery, Brunswick, VICTORIA
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Beinart GalleryView on map
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